Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum 2020 | European Commission | 18 February 2020 | Crowne Plaza Brussels - Le Palace, Rue Gineste 3, 1210 Bruxelles, Belgium

The 2020 edition will build on the successful previous editions. It will include 30 breakout sessions divided into 6 thematic strands: innovative sustainable energy planning; financing clean urban mobility; financing energy efficiency in public sector; financing home renovation; financing energy efficiency – sources of value; future-proof investments – financing climate adaptation.

The event will include an institutional opening, an opening panel titled Blending public and private funds in Energy Efficiency Investment, a Managenergy Talk, a marketplace with over 15 institutional stands and much more.

2020 Speakers

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Cara Augustenborg
Environmental Policy Fellow, University College Dublin

Murray Birt
Vice President, DWS Group

Clara de la Torre
Deputy Director-General, European Commission

Andy Deacon
Director of Strategy and Operations, Global Covenant of Mayors

Julien Guerrier
Director, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)

Ditte Juul-Jørgensen
Director General, Energy of the European Commission (DG ENER)

Mohamed Ridouani
Mayor, Leuven Belgium

Martin Schoenberg
Energy Efficiency Project Coordinator, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI)

Reinhard Six
Project Manager, European Investment Bank

Elia Trippel
Project Team Leader Sustainable Finance, DG FISMA

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS:

Pablo Alonso
WIP - Renewable Energies

Eva Athanasakou
Euditi Ltd.

Alessandra Berbieri
PON Metro

Constanze Bayer
2° Investing Initiative

André Beukers
E-Trucks Europe

Henrik Bielefeldt
ProjectZero

Sven Bienert
IIÖ Institute for Real Estate Economics

Lionel Boillot
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH2 JU)

Steven Borncamp
Romanian Building Council

Frédéric Boyer
Energy Cities

Marjorie Breyton
LIFE DERRIS

Davide Cannarozzi
GNE Finance

Jana Cicmanova
Energy Cities

Joao Cleto
AGENEAL

Chris Croonenborghs
Leuven 2030

Maarten De Groote
VITO/EnergyVille

Veerle De Meyer
City of Mechelen

Karel Derveaux
Ecopower

Jeremy Draper
Milton Keynes Council

Stephan Hartmann
City of Vienna

Thekla Heinel
B. & S. U. Beratungs- und Service Gesellschaft Umwelt

Adam Hirny
BNP Paribas

Jens Hirsch
Institute for Real Estate Research (IIÖ)

Marcus Hummel
e-think

Andreas Karner
ConPlusUltra

Talitha Koek
GVB Amsterdam

Katja Lähdesmäki-Josefsson
WWF Finland

Klemens Leutgöb
e7 energy innovation & engineering

Rüdiger Lohse
Climate-protection and Energy Agency of Baden Wuerttemberg

Elena López Gunn
University of Leeds

Daniel Magallon
Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy

Peter Vos
City of Genk

Vlasis Oikonomou
Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy

Alexandra Papadopoulou
EPU-NTUA

Jurico Perko
Regional Energy Agency North

Rahul Pratap Singh
European Energy Efficiency Fund

Françoise Réfabert
Energies Demain

Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida
RdA Climate Solutions

Paolo Michele Sonvilla
Creara

Jo Southernwood
International Energy Research Centre

Charlotte Spörndli
Association European Energy Award

Andriana Stavrakaki
EPTA

Jessica Stromback
Joule Assets

Chiara Tavella
SPES Consulting

Fabio Tomasi
AREA Science Park

Helen Toxopeus
Utrecht School of Economics

Gawein Van Daele
Municipality of Zaventem

Hans van der Logt
Municipality of Heerlen, Netherlands

Julian Ware
Transport for London

Gytis Žakevičius
VIPA

Tomasz Zwolinski
City of Krakow